[Gautam Gupta]

Just noticed that there’s a new features page! – https://bbpress.org/about/features/

[netgo]

I have just started using BBpress: forum.my-freebie.com and I would like the right place below the tags to be used as a place I can add text and adsense.

How can this be done? I tried “get sidebar” but nothing happened.

New to this so any help will be highly appreciated.

Thank you!

[gerikg]

I understand what you’re saying but I wanted a link just like the front page

where it gives you this: https://bbpress.org/forums/?new=1

[chrishajer]

Also, Noel, this image is missing:

https://bbpress.org/forum-theme/bborg/images/support-forum-icons/support-forum-closed.png

It should appear on the bottom of a topic after the topic is closed. You can see it missing on this page:

Installation doesn't work

Down at the bottom

[chrishajer]

Interesting on the fonts. I have only viewed the forums on Windows and Linux, never Mac. Maybe I have more fonts installed or something (which is entirely possible.)

For the topics started, I have no way to verify, but I have topics started going all the way back to the beginning, so unless the list is missing something in the middle (I have far more replies than topics started) I think it looks OK.

[Gautam Gupta]

BTW, I fixed everything in the clone I made.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Nice one Chris!

Actually the RSS feed is now working well and looking good, so whatever has changed since Monday worked nicely (great to see the patches coming in – you’re doing great lads and lasses).

The small text I’m experiencing appears to be a font issue, given that I don’t have Lucia Grande (its a mac font), Helvetica (again Mac based origianally) or Bitstream (linux). Not to worry, i need to wear my glasses more anyway

As for the “posts started”, who knows, I might have been restrained and only started 13 posts in my 18 months on the forum. It’s not a biggie anyway

Take care dude!

[chrishajer]

1) I can confirm the pagination problem when viewing your own profile: at the bottom of the page only, for me.

viewing this page: https://bbpress.org/forums/profile/chrishajer/page/4

http://chrishajer.com/bbpress/double-pagination.png

2) I could not verify this.

3) Yes, needs work.

4) Did not try to confirm (still have not been able to see the small font you are experiencing.)

5) That is likely from a patch that I committed yesterday. I will have Gautam verify this one.

Thanks Kevin.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Fixing the problem with minimal issues is the way to treat bbPress mZimmers. Really glad to see you getting through it bud

[kevinjohngallagher]

Yeah for sure, I helped out with the original WordOfRaids back in the day and they do that, but they just manually link to a forum post ( i set up a custom field on WordPress, so they make forum and copy/paste into there).

I’m not against the idea, its just definitely not going to be “off the shelf”; and nor is the original poster’s ideal solution going to be easy to come by (where it all happens automatically, though if you had time and the need it’s v possible).

I sent slightly off topic (big shock) but this sort of thing depends on the usergroup immensely. people who play mmorpgs as an example are used to forums and doing things in front of others; where as say a Classical Music Magazine website/blog’s users might not be really up for entering a forum flame war. Sorry if i gave the wrong impression, I sometimes feel its better to manage expectations a little with bbPress, especially with all the wordPress “as a CMS that can do anything” stuff flying around

[kevinjohngallagher]

http://www.mywebsite.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-login.php

Oh, look, i thin i see the word… yes i do… BUDDYPRESS.

And we’ve found out that it’s not bbPress at fault it’s USER ERROR.

Big shock, HUGE shock. Apparently people who have used WordPress for more than 3 years can still make a mistake.

I’ve used WP for 3+ years now so I know what I’m doing

Apart from being able to read…

Somehow bbPress is being taken over by BuddyPress and this is probably why I get a blank page.

You guys are the experts – so what is happening and is it just as simple as bbPress and BuddyPress are not compatible with each other?

If so I’ll be on my way…

If only someone had said that they weren’t compatible, and that you should ask in the BuddyPress forums… oh wait, they did!!!

Honestly Perry man, we tried to help. Sorry you didn’t read what we had actually written.

[kevinjohngallagher]

I follow the bbPress instructions and I get a blank page

Awesome. Please give us LESS information.

Don’t tell us the error on your server logs, don’t tell us at what stage you get the blank page. Just tell us “blank page” and we’ll magically guess

Is this what you guys look at all day long?

No, but we know how to be polite when asking for help.

But I’m going after the bubble-gum chewing crowd with BuddyPress and bbPress looked like something they would use

You can’t use them together in anyway. You either use bbPress or you use BuddyPress. Let me put it more simply, if you use BuddyPress in any way shape or form, bbPress won’t work.

its all about making money

Cool, then you can go for paid support

So if there are any folks here who want to help I’ll take the advice; if not I’ll be joining the folks who find bbPress out of date with no support

bbPress is out of date, but it has support. You’ll find you’d get better answers if:

1) You had manners – the words “please” and “thanks” work really well

2) You gave us actual information, like your error log, rather than just “blank page”.

Just to reiterate, if you’re using BuddyPress, your problem has nothing to do with bbPress! Nothing at all!

[zaerl]

Perry. BuddyPress have already its own forum functionality which is as well an hacked version of bbPress. So you don’t need to install bbPress if you want a forum.

Go to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bb-forums-setup and click “install”.

Once you have done this you can access the forum at /forums/. That page (/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-login.php) doesn’t display anything in BuddyPress.

If you have problems with BuddyPress you should ask for help in BuddyPress support forum and not here. This is the forum of bbPress.

[perrym]

I know that bbPress and BuddyPress are different animals – thought is was obvious and I didn’t have to point that out.

Still the two have nothing to do with each other during the installation of bbPress – thought that was obvious too.

Back to my point – I follow the bbPress instructions and I get a blank page.

Is this what you guys look at all day long?

I’ve always stayed from bbPress because of all the problems I’ve heard for other folks – I now understand why. But I’m going after the bubble-gum chewing crowd with BuddyPress and bbPress looked like something they would use – simple.

I really don’t think they relate to a heavy duty forum plug-in like Simple:press and would like to give bbPress a try – its all about making money.

So if there are any folks here who want to help I’ll take the advice; if not I’ll be joining the folks who find bbPress out of date with no support.

Thanks for any help in this matter…

P.S.

The thing I don’t understand is how I type in http://www.mywebsite.com/bbpress get the bbPress log in at the top, along with a 404 error, and when I click enter I get a blank page with the following link address:

http://www.mywebsite.com/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-forums/bbpress/bb-login.php

Somehow bbPress is being taken over by BuddyPress and this is probably why I get a blank page.

You guys are the experts – so what is happening and is it just as simple as bbPress and BuddyPress are not compatible with each other?

If so I’ll be on my way…

Oh, I am also using s2Member and I don’t know if that membership plug-in is involved here somewhere.

[Petehds]

I am working on bbpress 1.0.2 on Windows XP.

http://www.homedesignsense.com/forum

The forum is set-up; but the posting date in the admin is showing 9 months ago. How can that be changed?

Also; how can I add a post or topic in the admin panel? Is there an information site that gives more set-up information then this one? The one here is just the basic installation.

Thanks

[zaerl]

I’m using bbPress with BuddyPress but guys you’ve got to do better than a blank screen.

Ok. Next in schedule.

[kevinjohngallagher]

If you’ve been using WP for 3+ years, maybe you’d have the know how to read that bbPress and BuddyPress are different things. I’d you’re using BuddyPress, you should head to the BuddyPress forums.

And just to be clear, cos you’ve not given a whole

lot of information: bbPress is a stand alone forum that you can add shared cookies with WordPress, but it’s not there our of the box.

So if you’re not using BuddyPress, feel free to come back with more info, a better attitude, and we’ll try and help

oh and can i ask, after how long of using WordPress do humans stop making errors?? Glad you decided it was definately bbPress at fault and no possibility of anything else

[paulhawke]

Both PhpStorm and Netbeans 6.8 allow you to [ctrl | command] click on a method and jump to its definition. Its invaluable! There’s nothing quite like being able to click your way through the [bb | word]Press code and actually see what is going on. NetBeans is free to download and is a friendly full-featured IDE (great for the VisualStudio folks).

With the ease of code navigation in these tools, anyone interested in doing a “find in files” search for things like “add_action” and documenting what you find … as a way to help out the other plugin writers and bbPress coders?

[perrym]

Wow, I downloaded the latest bbPress 1.0.2, unzipped it, copied it to a folder /bbpress off my main directory, types in http://www.mysite.com/bbpress and bbPress asked for my user name and PW.

I entered my user name and PW for my site and I then get a blank page.

Come on guys – I installed Simple:Press and had users posting in just 15 minutes.

I’m using bbPress with BuddyPress but guys you’ve got to do better than a blank screen.

If anyone can help me I’ll take the help, if not I’ll chuck this program and have users up and posting in 15 minutes with Simple:Press.

This is really disappointing….

P.S.

When I get your log-in screen I get the “Page not found” 404 error if that helps.

And yes I’m using WP 2.9.2 and I’ve used WP for 3+ years now so I know what I’m doing.

[kevinjohngallagher]

Hi CEThom,

The “admin section” will not in any way help you. Sorry.

I’m afraid that bbPress requires a certain level of technical understanding to work in any small way that deviates from the standard. The ability to use and understand an FTP program and edit files is sadly the bare minimum. I would strongly suggest, for your own sake, finding someone that does know and understand these things and hiring them for the job.

Kev

[zaerl]

Your server is just a computer in which is installed bbPress. You need to connect to that server from your computer with an FTP client. Once you have established the connection you must upload the plugin file to the remote server and activate the plugin from the bbPress admin area.

It seems to me that you haven’t the necessary knowledge to perform such task. Maybe it’s better for you to hire someone for doing your work.

[Sam Bauers]

Hi _ck_!

You might be interested in this…

#1146

[zaerl]

I don’t know what a “forum’s admin centre” is.

Connect to your server and upload the file. If you don’t know how to do this maybe you should hire someone for doing it for you. If you want to be a bbPress admin you must know how to manage a site using an FTP client.

[zaerl]

We are talking about folders actually stored on your site server (http://www.cabbagemedia.com/students/forums) where bbPress has been installed. You need to access to your server through an FTP client.

[zaerl]

The root folder is the folder where you have installed bbPress. You need to open the FTP program you use and create a my-plugins folder inside the bbPress folder (if there isn’t already a folder with that name.) Once done this you must change that folder permission (write/read/exec) to 755 and upload the allow-images.php file inside it. Then open the plugin panel in the admin area of bbPress and activate the plugin.